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Viceroy House 117 - 121 Victoria Avenue Southend-On-Sea Essex

19/01583/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 27 November 2019

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from Storage (Class B8) to four self contained flats (Class C3) and two offices (Class B1a), alter elevations, layout parking, refuse store and amenity space (Part retrospective)

Received
28 August 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Victoria
  1. Received28 Aug
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided27 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Viceroy House 117 - 121 Victoria Avenue Southend-On-Sea Essex. Southend has handled 2,422 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Southend's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Victoria.

84% of full applications at Southend-on-Sea City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2019
Last date for comments
31 October 2019
Target decision date
27 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Collins & Coward
Agent address
The Courtyard 9A East Street Coggeshall Essex CO6 1SH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
20/00024/REFN

Appeal history

3242326
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: InquiryDecision: 11 June 2021Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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